Web Hosting Pit

Overview:

Powweb has been in Web hosting for over 5 years and they have a fairly solid hosting reputation. Powweb has a decent user forum and an above average server environment. Powweb boasts a large amount of disk space and a huge amount of bandwidth but they restrict that bandwidth to specific server allocations each day.

Independent Customer Ratings:

Our extensive investigations indicate that user satisfaction with Powweb evened out again after some questionable reviews over the last 8 months. Things are starting to look like they may creep up to the old Powweb standards.

Our Analysis of Their Plans:

Webpage Space
Bandwidth
Customer Support
Reliability
Security
Speed
Company Stability

9/10
10/10
6/10
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9/10

(greater than 98% of all other hosts)
(greater than 99% of all other hosts)
(fairly satisfied customers)
(rated Top 30% in industry)
(rated Top 34% in industry)
(faster than 38% of all other hosts)
(well established company)

Overall Value – Rating 8.5/10

5 Year Projection:

Analyzing the growth rates, customer retention, employee retention, technical infrastructure, and all historical issues, we believe that Powweb is a decent company where you may want to host your site for the long term.

Breaking it down:

Growth is stable.
Customer retention is average.
Employee retention is above average.
Technical infrastructure is very good.
Historical problems seem to be dropping as of late.